THE top performers in Philippine sports in the year about to end will be honored by the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) during the traditional Awards Night on January 29 at the Diamond Hotel. Hangzhou Asian Games gold medal winners EJ Obiena, Meggie Ochoa, Annie Ramirez and Gilas Pilipinas lead the…
■ Ofelia C. Empian Cordilleran wushu specialists Thornton Sayan and Jones Llabres Inso contributed bronze medals apiece for Team Philippines in the 2023 World Combat Games in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia last week. Sayan, who was the first to win a medal from the national squad, bagged the bronze in the men’s taolunanquan and placed fifth
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WHEN it’s the President of the country descending from Malacañang to honor Filipinos who made the country proud on foreign soil, that’s riveting. “I’m proud to be Pinoy!” President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. told at the top of his voice athletes and coaches many of them medalists in the recent 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou in the
Justin Brownlee, the naturalized player behind Gilas Pilipinas' historic gold medal in men's basketball at the 19th Asian Games, has failed an anti-doping test conducted by the International Testing Agency (ITA). About the doping test: The ITA reported in a press release on Thursday that the test revealed the presence of carboxy-THC, a specified prohibited substance according to the World Anti-Doping Agency's list. The sample was collected from Brownlee by the ITA on Oct. 7, a day after Gilas beat Jordan in the final.